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Heath have lost all four of their Group A2 games and in the past two weeks Heath have picked up two injuries in the warm up to the games.

But Smith is hoping to avoid a defeat and more injuries in their trip to Mayfield on Saturday.

Smith said: “We are looking forward to Mayfield this week and hopefully no injuries in the warm up, we have actually joked me may take 12 with us this week.

“It will be nice to sign of with a win and then we have a few more friendlies following that we hope to enjoy.”

Despite the defeats in the shortened competition, Smith believes his side has shown promise.

He said: “We all wanted to play some competition cricket and we have had that but it doesn’t quite feel the same.

“We have had four games in which we got one hiding but the other three have all been close and could easily have had a couple of wins.

“We have picked up injuries in the past two weeks in the warm ups so it’s been a bit of a drama.”

Heath were looking forward to their first season in the Premier Division before Covid-19 intervened.

NowSmith and his men are ready to take on that challenge in 2021.

He said: “We are looking forward to being back to full strength and excited for hopefully a normal season next year.

“We know the Premier will be tough and we have seen in the past few weeks some of the quality we will face next year but we have also shown that we will be more than competitive.”

Heath suffered a two wicket defeat to local rivals Cuckfield on Saturday.

Heath batted first and got 177-6 in their 40 overs with Jonny Phelps (35), Henry Sims (29 not out) and Max Barson (23 not out) all contributing. Josh Hayward took -18 for Cuckfield.

In reply, the in-form Joe Cmabridge hit 56 as Cuckfield got home for the loss of eight wickets in the 36th over.

Ollie Bailey was the pick of the bowlers, taking 3-53.

Haywards Heath skipper Smith hoping to avoid defeat - and more injuries - in final August Cup game